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===Little Saigon Bus Tour & Luncheon===

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June 27 (Friday), 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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"Little Saigon is the largest Vietnamese community outside of Viet Nam and is the social, economic and political capital of Vietnamese America. This is a guided tour that involves driving and promenades. An air conditioned bus tour let’s you explore the cultural and commercial life of Little Saigon including the site of a newspaper and a Vietnamese-American radio station, where news, entertainment, and community services are delivered in both Vietnamese and English. We are also planning to make short stops along our route and finish with a lunch* at Chateau Brodard (famous for their Spring Rolls). Our tour guide will be Cathy Kim-Vân Q. Le, Adult Services Librarian at Aliso Viejo Library / OC Public Libraries. She is life long resident of Little Saigon."

Are you on the road to success with your diversity initiatives? Whether you need a new game plan, or want to make sure all your bases are covered, join us for this exciting day-long intensive workshop on the fundamentals of diversity. Experts in the field will coach you to break-through success with sessions on effective planning for diversity, benchmarking and assessment, achieving organizational buy-in, designing an effective recruitment plan, and creating partnerships for change.

Are you on the road to success with your diversity initiatives? Whether you need a new game plan, or want to make sure all your bases are covered, join us for this exciting day-long intensive workshop on the fundamentals of diversity. Experts in the field will coach you to break-through success with sessions on effective planning for diversity, benchmarking and assessment, achieving organizational buy-in, designing an effective recruitment plan, and creating partnerships for change.

to the profession.This program will examine the history and contributions Black male librarians have made in the nation’s intellectual and cultural past and present. A panel of librarians will discuss strategies to encourage Black Males to pursue careers and leadership positions in library and information science fields.

20 years ago, the GLBT Task Force of the SRRT sponsored a program on Coming Out at Work. Join us as we revisit that topic with librarians Joel Bangilan, Anne Moore, K.R. Roberto, Richard DiRusso, and John Sandstrom to see what has changed and what has not in the last 20 years.<br>

20 years ago, the GLBT Task Force of the SRRT sponsored a program on Coming Out at Work. Join us as we revisit that topic with librarians Joel Bangilan, Anne Moore, K.R. Roberto, Richard DiRusso, and John Sandstrom to see what has changed and what has not in the last 20 years.<br>

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===Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Arab and Muslim World (APALA sponsored program)===

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Safi S.M. Safiullah (Salt Lake City PL) and Ghada Elturk (Boulder PL, CO) will discuss diversity in the Arab and Muslim world and major issues like gender in Arabic literature in English translation. Need to know more about these questions.

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===ASCLA LSSPS: Two branches of one tree: partnering with your talking book library===

===ASCLA LSSPS: Two branches of one tree: partnering with your talking book library===

This program emphasizes the important partnership between the public or school library and the regional library for the blind and physically handicapped in serving patrons with disabilities. A panel discussion will include successful partnership projects, tips on communication, and suggestions for partnership ideas. <br>

This program emphasizes the important partnership between the public or school library and the regional library for the blind and physically handicapped in serving patrons with disabilities. A panel discussion will include successful partnership projects, tips on communication, and suggestions for partnership ideas. <br>

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===GLBT Graphic Novels and Comics===

===GLBT Graphic Novels and Comics===

1:30-3:30 pm, Monday, 6/30, Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Room<br>

1:30-3:30 pm, Monday, 6/30, Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Room<br>

Learn about the popular, growing world of GLBT Graphic Novels and Comics! YA Librarians Robin Brenner and Snow Wildsmith will lead off with teen comics and manga, followed by The L Word writer and comic artist Ariel Schrag on her work and special and public librarian John Bradford on some of today’s best gay male comics.<br>

Learn about the popular, growing world of GLBT Graphic Novels and Comics! YA Librarians Robin Brenner and Snow Wildsmith will lead off with teen comics and manga, followed by The L Word writer and comic artist Ariel Schrag on her work and special and public librarian John Bradford on some of today’s best gay male comics.<br>

Join the ALA’s Office for Literacy & Outreach Services and the ALA Committee on Literacy in Celebrating Extraordinary Examples of Diversity and Outreach in Action @ America’s Libraries! For more info visit www.ala.org/divfair.Since 1998, the Diversity and Outreach Fair has been generously supported by DEMCO

Accessibility Assembly, 4-5:30pm, Saturday 6/28

GLBTRT Social

A taco bar and drinks will be provided. While we'll ask for donations at the door, there is no charge to attend the social. All members and friends of GLBTRT are welcome to attend. Join us to network with friends and co-workers at our annual social, held offsite. Food and drinks, and great conversation.

To celebrate the California Supreme Court striking down the ban on same-sex marriage, we're working on a wedding cake, too!

Preconferences & Ticketed Events

Please add information on ticketed events here (chronological order). Ticketed events are those that require registration and/or are not included in the cost of your registration to ALA Annual Conference. Please note some events may sell tickets at the door.

Little Saigon Bus Tour & Luncheon

June 27 (Friday), 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
"Little Saigon is the largest Vietnamese community outside of Viet Nam and is the social, economic and political capital of Vietnamese America. This is a guided tour that involves driving and promenades. An air conditioned bus tour let’s you explore the cultural and commercial life of Little Saigon including the site of a newspaper and a Vietnamese-American radio station, where news, entertainment, and community services are delivered in both Vietnamese and English. We are also planning to make short stops along our route and finish with a lunch* at Chateau Brodard (famous for their Spring Rolls). Our tour guide will be Cathy Kim-Vân Q. Le, Adult Services Librarian at Aliso Viejo Library / OC Public Libraries. She is life long resident of Little Saigon."

Please arrive EARLY so we may leave On Time!!!
Pick up and Return - Anaheim Marriott
700 West Convention Way
Anaheim, California 92802 USA

Diversity Leadership Institute: Fundamentals of Diversity

8am-5:30pm, Thursday 6/26
Preconference - registration required
Advance: ALA Member: $175; Non- Member: $200; Student/Retired Member: $150. Onsite: ALA Member: $200; Non-Member: $225; Student/Retired Member: $150.
Are you on the road to success with your diversity initiatives? Whether you need a new game plan, or want to make sure all your bases are covered, join us for this exciting day-long intensive workshop on the fundamentals of diversity. Experts in the field will coach you to break-through success with sessions on effective planning for diversity, benchmarking and assessment, achieving organizational buy-in, designing an effective recruitment plan, and creating partnerships for change.

Leaders Wanted: Is an LIS Doctoral Program Right for You?

Panel Session at 10:30am-noon, Hyatt Regency Orange County - Grand B. Lunch, followed by Options Fair until 5pm, Saturday 6/28 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County - Grand E/F.Registration for lunch requested but not required
FREE
Cultivating a diverse workforce is of great importance, but representation of librarians of color in LIS education, research, and executive level administration is paramount. Proven and emerging leaders in LIS education and practice will discuss the need for more doctoral students and the PhD process and benefits. Panel followed by an Options Fair that gives attendees the chance to discuss opportunities and funding with Doctoral Students and Faculty from PhD programs across the country! Lunch provided for Options Fair Registrants.

American Indian Youth Literature Award Reception

Please join the American Indian Library Association as it presents the
2008 awards for Best Native American Picture Book, Best Middle School
Book, and Best Young Adult Book to this year's recipients, all of whom
will be present at the awards ceremony.

Programs

Saturday, 8:00-10:00am, Convention Center 203A
If information is power and if there
is power in numbers, then Black
Americans may be rendered extinct
as information professionals in the
21st Century. According to the
American Library Association’s
2000 Diversity Counts report, less
than 5% of all credentialed librarians
were Black and only 10% of Black
Librarians were male. A total .5%
of credentialed librarians are Black
males. Despite these small numbers,
there is a rich, but untold or forgotten
history of Black American’s contributions
to the profession.This program will examine the history and contributions Black male librarians have made in the nation’s intellectual and cultural past and present. A panel of librarians will discuss strategies to encourage Black Males to pursue careers and leadership positions in library and information science fields.

This panel will discuss how to help libraries address the growing information and technology needs of Spanish speakers by highlighting several successful programs implemented by Spanish Language Outreach workshops.

ASCLA LSSPS: Large Print for Lifelong Learning: Bigger is Better

Aging baby boomers, struggling young readers, bookworms on treadmills, and individuals with low vision are increasing patron demand for large print. Learn about the latest research on the uses and benefits of large print, how to market large print collections, and what publishers are doing to help improve the appeal of your large print book collection. Discuss emerging collection development needs in workstations.

Diversity Currents! Weighing the Balance: Affirmative Action Update

1:30-3:30pm, Saturday 6/28, Hyatt Regency Orange County - Harbor
The Diversity Currents Series provides stepping stones in a swiftly evolving landscape to ensure that all libraries are prepared to be a leading voice for equitable access to knowledge and information resources in all formats for all people. Weighing the Balance programs raise awareness of the legal underpinnings impacting your initiatives. Our Affirmative Action Update highlights the latest developments and legislative changes as experts discuss the implications of these changes on our attempts to recruit a diverse workforce.

AILA - Digitizing Indian Country

1:30-3:30pm, Saturday 6/28
Sponsored by the American Indian Library Association

Survey and discuss digitization projects by Tribal Communities,
Archives, Libraries, and Museums of tribal materials in support
of preserving American Indian Tribal cultural heritage and history
such as historical documents, newspapers, photos and National
Archives Records. This program will also review and analyze the

collaborative efforts between Tribal entities and State Education
Institutions to preserve and make available tribal historical
documents. Speakers and topics to include Carlene Engstrom on the
CharKoosta Tribal Newspaper Digitization project, David Ongley
providing a survey of digitization projects throughout Alaska, and
Jennifer Young on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's
digitization project.

REFORMA President’s Program: Libraries and Justice for the Latino GLBT community

1:30 - 3:30 pm, Saturday 6/28
Hyatt Regency Orange County, Royal Room
Library collections and services to Latino and Spanish speaking patrons are crucial in today’s library practices. Yet, many of these services often fail to include collections about the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) experience. With issues of machismo and dual identity (e.g. Am I Latino or GLBT first?), this program will highlight the importance of including GLBT services that are sensitive to the particular needs of the Latino community.

This program will include a panel and discussion on developing cultural competency guidelines for academic libraries, a current project of ACRL’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee. Topics covered will include definitions of cultural competencies, the goal of developing guidelines, obstacles to be addressed, and the potential positive impact for libraries, library staff, and library users. Additionally, the program will draw from the knowledge and experiences of other service professions that have implemented similar guidelines.

Diversity 101

4-5:30pm, Saturday 6/28, Hyatt Regency Orange County - Harbor

The views of all members should shape the way an organization is run. Everyone must have access to resources, professional development, mentoring and networking opportunities to reach their full potential. As leaders from all backgrounds emerge, ALA evolves. Whether you are new to ALA or want to learn more about this key action area for the association, this session covers the basics on conference sessions, groups, initiatives, and opportunities to get involved across our organizations.

ASCLA President's Program: The Universal Library: Mind, Body, Soul

Panelists will discuss strategies for designing and maintaining a collection (physical and virtual), a physical plant (building) that everyone can access with a staff which is diverse and reflective of all of the citizens.

Panelists: Mare Parker O’Toole, Librarian Adaptive Environments/Institute for Human-Centered Design, will present a basic overview on Universal Design; Kevin Jensen, AIA, CSI, ADA/Disability Access Coordinator for the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Public Works will speak on the physical plant attributes aspect of Universal Design. Tips on how to determine if products truly meet American with Disabilities Act standards, as well as what to look for in mainstream products; Mike Marlin, Head, Talking Book Library, Sacramento, California will talk about collection development (including electronic media) and problems that can develop when products are inaccessible by all users as well as staff; Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director, Adaptive Environments/Institute for Human-Centered Design will address the needs of staff as well as patrons as they age, and or develop disabilities and need the attributes of Universal Design to continue to work and or use the library.

8:00 - 10:00 a.m., Sunday, 6/29, Hilton Anaheim – Pacific BR B
Join your colleagues for coffee to hear about reaching out to and engaging diverse audiences. Learn about why diversity matters, message development and testing, the importance of cultural context and more. The program will include an update on The Campaign for America’s Libraries and recognition of the winner of the 2008 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant. Sponsored by the PR Assembly, a subcommittee of the ALA Public Awareness Committee.

Speakers:
Eric Friedenwald-Fishman

As creative director/president of Metropolitan Group, a leading social marketing, PR/communication and resource development firm, Friedenwald-Fishman has conducted marketing, branding, advocacy, public awareness, capital, endowment, major gift and sponsorship campaigns for libraries and library support organizations. He is the co-author of “Marketing That Matters: 10 Practices to Profit Your Business.”

Maria Elena Campisteguy

The Metropolitan Group's national practice leader for multicultural communications.

APALA President's Program "Asian/Pacific American Leaders in Libraries: a Rare Commodity

Beyond White Privilege 101: Continuing the Discussion

1:30-3:30pm, Sunday 6/29, Hyatt Regency Orange county- Grand B/C
Join us as we continue the dialogue begun at the White Privilege 101 discussion during ALA Midwinter.
George Lipsitz PhD, respected scholar, author of numerous publications including The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, and current faculty in the department of Black Studies at UCSB will facilitate this discussion with the mission of broadening perspectives and translating knowledge into action.

We all operate within multiple circles of privilege, and we are all motivated by hidden biases. We hope to examine how we are impacted by white privilege in hiring practices, interactions with other librarians and educators, students and with our peers. This discussion will take this examination beyond a professional understanding of these issues at a distance to a personal connection in order to help us all understand the role that white privilege plays in our lives not just professionally but in our day to day interactions with the world.

As Dr Lipsitz says in The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics "I hope it is clear that opposing whiteness is not the same as opposing white people. White supremacy is an equal opportunity employer, nonwhite people can become active agents of white supremacy as well as passive participants in its hierarchies and rewards."

Coming Out at Work: 20 Years Later

1:30 - 3:30 pm, Sunday 6/29, Anaheim Convention Center, Room 203B
20 years ago, the GLBT Task Force of the SRRT sponsored a program on Coming Out at Work. Join us as we revisit that topic with librarians Joel Bangilan, Anne Moore, K.R. Roberto, Richard DiRusso, and John Sandstrom to see what has changed and what has not in the last 20 years.

Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Arab and Muslim World (APALA sponsored program)

Sunday., Jun. 29, 4–5:30 p.m.
Safi S.M. Safiullah (Salt Lake City PL) and Ghada Elturk (Boulder PL, CO) will discuss diversity in the Arab and Muslim world and major issues like gender in Arabic literature in English translation. Need to know more about these questions.

Charting Courses: Diversity Research Grants

4-5:30pm, Sunday 6/29, Disney's Grand Californian- Wisteria
2007 Diversity Research Grant Recipients share findings. Join us for these ground-breaking discussions: “The Relationship Between Social Identity(ies) and Role Performance Among Academic Librarians"; “(Re)envisioning diversity and multicultural librarianship and pedagogy in the post 9/11 context”; and “Archival and Grey Literature Use Patterns in Library and Information Science Journal Articles with a Focus on the African American Experience (1986-2006)". These award-winning researchers will be joined by the 2008 Achievement in Diversity Honoree.

AILA - Coming to the Talking Circle

4-5:30pm Sunday 6/29, Embassy Suites Anaheim - South Landmark BR A
All individuals and ALA units, who address American Indian issues in their work place and/or communities, are invited to the Talking Circle, to share their initiatives, thoughts, concerns and questions about where we are today in Library Service to American Indians, as well as for future considerations, and possible collaborative endeavors.

ASCLA LSSPS: Two branches of one tree: partnering with your talking book library

This program emphasizes the important partnership between the public or school library and the regional library for the blind and physically handicapped in serving patrons with disabilities. A panel discussion will include successful partnership projects, tips on communication, and suggestions for partnership ideas.

GLBT Graphic Novels and Comics

1:30-3:30 pm, Monday, 6/30, Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Room
Learn about the popular, growing world of GLBT Graphic Novels and Comics! YA Librarians Robin Brenner and Snow Wildsmith will lead off with teen comics and manga, followed by The L Word writer and comic artist Ariel Schrag on her work and special and public librarian John Bradford on some of today’s best gay male comics.